Air Force prepares plane for evacuation
Two Thais have been killed, while eight were injured and 11 captured in Israeli-held territories as Hamas launched an assault on targets beyond the Gaza Strip, prompting the government to send an aircraft to evacuate Thai citizens living near the conflict zone.
The Thai Ambassador to Israel, Pannabha Chandraramya, who spoke in a briefing organised by the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Bangkok yesterday, said Israeli forces were still engaged in battle with Hamas militants, and had so far managed to secure two areas claimed by Hamas.
Ms Pannabha, who spoke via telephone, said the Thai workers who were taken hostage weren’t Hamas targets, but were simply in the wrong place in the wrong time.
Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said that out of the eight Thai…
